2006 New York Code - Prisoner\'s Property; How Applied.

 
    §  359.  Prisoner's  property;  how  applied.  After  deducting  their
  commissions and expenses, allowed by  law,  and  paying  the  prisoner's
  debts,  the  trustees may, from time to time, under the direction of the
  court by which they were appointed, apply the surplus of  any  money  in
  their  hands,  to the support of the prisoner's spouse and children, and
  of such other relatives as the prisoner is bound to support, and to  the
  education of such prisoner's children.